Chapter 3: The Mysterious Stone Ball
The afternoon sun was even more dazzling, shining on the ground through the plane tree in the courtyard, showing dappled light and shadow, and a ten-year-old boy under the tree was sweating profusely training.
After lunch, Yi Lin did not go to the school to eavesdrop on the lecturer's lecture, but stood in the courtyard, seriously practicing what he had learned in the morning, although his body was relatively thin, but the resolute look on his face made people unconsciously admire.
Time passed slowly, the sun had slowly set in the west, and the yellowish sunlight shone on Yi Lin's thin body, this picture made people feel sad
Yi Lin exercised under the plane tree all afternoon, I don't know how many times he fell, and after resting after falling, he got up again and continued to practice waving his little fists.
Grandpa saw Yi Lin's exercise all afternoon, he knew the reason why Yi Lin worked so hard, although he was distressed, he didn't stop it, all he could do was to give Yi Lin encouragement and support.
The sky was slightly dark, the air began to become damp, and the exhausted Yi Lin climbed into bed after dinner, and due to the training, his whole body was sore, and his sleepiness increased greatly, and he soon fell asleep.
Just when Yi Lin was asleep, he saw a green light rising from his lower abdomen, and then the light points spread out, all over Yi Lin's body, scrambling into his body, the sleeping Yi Lin didn't notice it, only felt cool as water, and couldn't help but unconsciously wrap the quilt tightly.
As everyone knows, Yi Lin's muscle soreness disappeared after being moistened by this green point of light, and his bone density was slowly increasing
After Yi Lin got up the next day, his spirit was unprecedentedly good, and he didn't feel muscle weakness because of yesterday's training, Yi Lin was puzzled, and he didn't think much about it, so he thought that his physical recovery ability was better.
Time passed, and thirty days passed in a flash
During these 30 days, Yi Lin went to the martial arts arena to train every morning, and practiced seriously in the courtyard in the afternoon, with less immaturity and more perseverance on his little face
After breakfast that day, Yi Lin came to the martial arts arena as usual, but Leng Shan did not let everyone start practicing, but stood in front of the team with a slight face, and a cold voice sounded,
"After a month of training, you have mastered the most basic method of forging the body, from today on, I will start to teach you Tiger Roar Boxing, this boxing is an ordinary boxing method in the army, everyone can learn. ”
As soon as Leng Shan spoke, there was a commotion in the crowd, this group of teenagers watched the brothers next to them practice boxing these days, and they were already itching, and when they heard it, they were all very excited.
Leng Shan didn't care, paused and continued,
"But first of all, I want to tell you an important thing about how far you can go on the path of cultivation in the future, if you want to achieve the Great Perfection in the Acquired Realm, in addition to your own efforts and persistence, there is also a very important factor is external forces, such as exercises, in the early stage of forging the body at the level of bone refining, whether there are exercises or not has a big impact, but if you want to move from the early stage to the middle and late stages, you need to have a good exercise support, because at the level of washing the marrow, you need to breathe the vitality of heaven and earth to achieve it, only by getting a exercise, can you understand how to absorb the vitality of the weather!"
Before Leng Shan's words fell, there was an exclamation from the crowd, most of the teenagers who could stand here and exercise were civilians, who had never seen the shadow of the exercises, and they had never even heard of it, their faces were gloomy, and the excitement just now had disappeared without a trace.
Leng Shan expected this to be the result, and sighed secretly, if everyone could practice the exercises, this world would be full of masters of the Great Perfection of the Day After Tomorrow
"If you want to get the exercises, there is only a slight possibility of joining the army, but you also need to have enough military merits in exchange, and the level of exercises you get is also very low, but this is a way, we are no better than those nobles and cultivators, we have good exercises and medicines to assist us since we were young, so you have to pay more time and energy than them to make up for it, only when you reach the realm of bone refining, can you have the ability to protect yourself to go to the outside world and find exercises. ”
"I am not telling you this to discourage your faith, but to remind you that if you want to become a master, you have to work harder."
"Okay, all the spirit, now I began to practice the tiger roar boxing, the tiger roar boxing is the army everyone can learn boxing, can exercise the muscles and bones, is the predecessor according to the tiger pounce fierce, the tiger fighting the majestic posture, the tiger distance of the divine wind, the tiger roar of the shock and created, this boxing method has the four characteristics of rising, Teng, wisdom, and transformation, that is, there is a rise like the shape of the tiger returning to the forest, Teng is like a hungry tiger pounces on the fierceness of the sheep, wisdom should be in danger without being surprised, and the ability to turn the strong into weak"
"The most important thing about this boxing method is that it must be powerful, only by mastering the momentum, can the maximum function of this boxing be played, so that when fighting with people, you can overwhelm people with momentum. Leng Shan shouted loudly while demonstrating.
I saw Leng Shan's body like a tiger, his fist was like the wind, his hands flickered left and right, sometimes his fist turned into a palm, and sometimes his palm turned into a claw, making people unable to distinguish between reality and fiction, every teenager watched intently, and listened to Leng Shan's shout, and the air in front of him suddenly burst open, like a tiger roaring for a long time, enduring, Leng Shan closed his fist and stood up, and the group of teenagers who watched it were in a daze
Leng Shan looked around, looked at the expressions on each young man's face, felt very satisfied, and commanded loudly,
"Now learn every pose with me, I only practice it three times, and I have seen it all."
Suddenly, the entire martial arts arena echoed with a childish "hum" sound all morning
At the end of the training, Yi Lin didn't run in the direction of home as usual, he saw that his eyes were in a trance, and he didn't notice that he was walking slowly in the direction of the west of the city, but he didn't know that Leng Shan's words about the exercises were echoing in his mind.
"Exercises? It turns out that forging the body still needs to have exercises, but where can I find the exercises, how can I reach the innate realm without the exercises, and if I can't reach the innate realm, how can I find my parents?"
The more Yi Lin thought about it, the colder his heart became, his face became pale, his eyes were gradually bloodshot, and he didn't notice that his fists were clenched, and his nails had been cut into his palms.
At this moment, Yi Lin intuitively felt a burst of warmth in his lower abdomen, and then felt a stream of air rushing into his brain, his eyes suddenly showed a clear meaning, and felt a hot pain in his palm, Yi Lin opened his palm and found that it was covered with blood.
Yi Lin felt scared for a while, "What's wrong with me, hey, isn't this the west of the city? Why did I come here and why did I feel warm in my lower abdomen just now?"
Yi Lin was puzzled, shook his head and didn't care
The west of the city is where ordinary civilians live, and here is the trading place in the whole city, full of all kinds of shops, Yi Lin has been here three times when he is so old, and every time he comes here with his grandfather to sell clothes, he has been sensible since he was a child, and he has not spent money to buy anything, so he has not visited the market himself
"Anyway, it's all here, just go shopping, and don't want money," Yi Lin said secretly in his heart.
Yi Lin walked through the bustling bazaar, and from time to time he heard the bargaining of buyers and sellers, and soon he was attracted by a small stall, which was filled with all kinds of animals carved in stone, such as tigers ready to pounce, eagles with wings spread, and jackals howling at the sky
"Old man, can I touch them?" Yi Lin's eyes showed a look of longing
"Yes, but don't let me fall the little guy, these are all carved out by me for a long time," the white-haired old man looked at Yi Lin and said with a smile
Yi Lin nodded, and couldn't wait to pick up the tiger, looking left and right, and liked it, "Old man, how much is this tiger?"
"A tael of silver!"
Yi Lin was so frightened that his hands trembled, he almost didn't drop the stone carving on the ground, and quickly put it on the stall, muttering in his heart, "One or two pieces of silver are enough for me to live with my grandfather for a month, and a broken stone sculpture costs so much money."
The main currency of the Heavenly Wind World is gold, silver, and copper coins (in fact, copper-containing alloys), one tael of gold is equal to one hundred taels of silver, and one tael of silver is equal to one hundred copper coins. The monthly expenses of ordinary civilians are about one or two silver, no wonder Yi Lin is frightened
Yi Lin got up and just wanted to step away, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw a round stone ball about the size of an adult's fist on the side of the stall, and couldn't help squatting down again, reaching out to grab it, as soon as the stone ball was in his hand, Yi Lin felt a burst of heat in his lower abdomen, and he was so frightened that he quickly put it down, and his lower abdomen returned to normal. The old man of the stall owner looked strange, and couldn't help but say: "This stone ball was picked up when I was taking stones in the mountains, and I saw that it was round and smooth, and it was natural and did not need to be carved, so I took it back together, and if you wanted, I would give you fifteen copper coins."
Yi Lin was still surprised by the reaction of his lower abdomen just now, but the old man's words woke him up, and he couldn't help but grab the stone ball again, and found that the lower abdomen was hot again
Yi Lin was convinced that the change in his abdomen was indeed because of this stone ball, and his expression was very strange, "Could it be that this stone ball is a treasure?"
Yi Lin couldn't help but ask the old man with a slightly astringent face: "Old man, you see that I only have ten copper coins, can you sell me this stone ball?"
"Forget it, forget it, do a good deed today as an old man, ten will be ten" The old man looked at Yi Lin's begging look, and couldn't help but soften.
"Thank you, thank you, old man" Yi Lin thanked the old man excitedly while handing the copper coin, and then grabbed the stone ball and ran in the direction of home, Yi Lin couldn't wait to know why the stone ball could cause such a reaction in his lower abdomen
"The warmth that rose in my lower abdomen when I was in a trance just now woke me up, and now I have a reaction to this stone ball, I don't know why this situation occurs in my abdomen" Yi Lin, who was thinking about it while running, looked puzzled, and frowned